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Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed and thoughtful review. We're thrilled to see your 4-star ratings for our work/life balance, culture and values, senior management, and diversity and inclusion, and it’s wonderful to hear that you enjoy the flexibility and the variety of client opportunities available to you.
We also appreciate your candid feedback regarding our pay structure and how the self-employed model impacts assistants in higher cost-of-living states. Time etc is designed to work alongside you to make it easier, safer, and faster to earn money as a freelance Virtual Assistant. Our goal is to take care of all the difficult, non-billable parts of running a freelance business - like marketing to find clients, managing invoices, guaranteeing your payments, and stepping in with replacement clients if one cancels. Because we handle these overhead operations, we retain a share of the fees paid by the client.
Regarding our tenure-based increases, we completely understand your point, but promise this is definitely not a marketing scheme! We have many assistants within our community who have successfully supported the exact same client for over 10 years. Because long-term stability is so valuable to our clients, our pay structure is genuinely designed to reward the successful, lasting relationships built on both sides.
That being said, we never want you to feel that your high-level skills - like website building and marketing strategy - are being undervalued. Your feedback about state-by-state rate adjustments is a very interesting point, and one that we will absolutely reflect on as things evolve.
In the meantime, I would love the opportunity to look into this for you. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at louiseclarke@timeetcteam.com. I would be more than happy to personally review your current client accounts and see what flexibility we might be able to offer regarding your rates.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback here, and I hope to hear from you soon to continue our conversation directly.
Thanks,
Louise,
Assistant Experience Manager